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  • 71trim — v 1. clip, snip, nip, prune, pare; cut, bob, crop, shingle; shear, shave, fleece, pollard, poll, scalp, cut down to the quick; neaten, even up; shape, form, fashion, sculpt, sculp, sculpture. 2.Often trim off dock, bobtail, lop, chop, hack, cut… …

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  • 72falbala — /ˈfælbələ/ (say falbuhluh) noun a flounce; furbelow. {French; origin uncertain} …

  • 73adornment — [n1] decorating, enhancing beautification, decoration, embellishment, gilding, ornamentation, trimming; concepts 162,177 Ant. plainness adornment [n2] a decoration accessory, dingbat, doodad, embellishment, fandangle*, floss*, frill, frippery,… …

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  • 74flourish — [n] curlicue, decoration curl, embellishment, furbelow, garnish, ornamentation, plume, quirk, spiral, sweep, twist; concepts 259,284 flourish [v1] grow, prosper amplify, arrive, augment, batten, bear fruit, be on top of heap*, bloom, blossom,… …

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  • 75garnish — [n] embellishment, improvement adornment, decoration, enhancement, furbelow, gingerbread*, ornament, ornamentation, tinsel, trim, trimming; concept 824 Ant. decrease, divestment, plainness garnish [v] embellish, improve adorn, beautify, bedeck,… …

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  • 76knickknack — [n] trinket; decorative piece bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric a brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d’art, ornament, plaything*, showpiece,… …

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  • 77fal-lal — [fäl läl′] n. [? contr. < rare falbala < Fr, FURBELOW] a useless piece of finery or frippery …

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  • 78adornment — noun 1. a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness • Derivationally related forms: ↑adorn • Hypernyms: ↑decoration, ↑ornament, ↑ornamentation • Hyponyms: ↑band, ↑ …

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  • 79gauffer — I noun 1. an iron used to press pleats and ridges • Syn: ↑goffer, ↑goffering iron, ↑gauffering iron • Hypernyms: ↑iron, ↑smoothing iron 2. an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats …

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  • 80saccorhiza — ˌsakəˈrīzə noun Etymology: New Latin, from sacc + rhiza 1. capitalized : a small genus of marine brown algae (family Laminariaceae) having above the holdfast a swelling that resembles a bulb and is formed by whorls of tentacular outgrowths 2. s …

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